BG 18.24
यत्तु कामेप्सुना कर्म साहङ्कारेण वा पुनः
क्रियते बहुलायासं तद्राजसमुदाहृतम्
yat tu kāmepsunā karma
sāhaṅkāreṇa vā punaḥ
kriyate bahulāyāsaṃ
tad rājasam udāhṛtam
SYNONYMS
yat: that which | tu: but | kāma-īpsunā: with fruitive result | karma: work | sāhaṅkāreṇa: with ego | vā: or | punaḥ: again | kriyate: performed | bahula-āyāsam: with great labor | tat: that | rājasam: in the mode of passion | udāhṛtam: is said to be. |
TRANSLATION
But action performed with great effort by one seeking to gratify his desires, and which is enacted from a sense of false ego, is called action in the mode of passion.